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by Beth Chase
Mary Morten of the Morten Group, reported to the 14th annual Symposium for Nonprofit Professionals and Volunteers at the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management, that there are a number of benefits to drawing younger members to a nonprofit board of directors which go beyond figuring out why the computer isn’t working. According to Morten, the…
by Craig Chase
There are plenty of bylaws templates and sample bylaws in the market place today which might lead one to ask why I created another. In working with hundreds of pregnancy centers over the years I found that the vast majority of pregnancy center boards used a template or bylaws from another pregnancy center. They adopted…
by Beth Chase
Sample job descriptions for a more efficient board of directors. Click here for sample Board Chair job description. Click here for sample Board Member job description.
by Beth Chase
Executive Sessions are closed board meetings that only include board members. The need for frank and informal discussion about staff performance, and the importance of the board developing a sense of itself, are just two reasons why many boards hold executive sessions. An executive session is a meeting (or part of a meeting) of the…
by Beth Chase
A GUIDE 1. Name of the Organization 2. Purpose: Charitable, Educational, Religious, Scientific (any or all); Consistent with Articles of Incorporation 3. Who, if any, are the members: Usually Board members are only members or the organization has no members 4. Corporate Officers: Usually President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Director / CEO (Check for state…
by Beth Chase
In the last few years, the IRS has performed audits on several Pregnancy Medical Clinic (PMC) organizations. One of the changes that the IRS required was that Articles of Incorporation purpose clauses be expanded to more accurately reflect the activities of the organizations. Actually, this is a common problem as the Articles were written long ago when…
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